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Article #146Re: ANAND TECH FSAA comparison complete baloney...
From: Lucky
Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2000 00:00
Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2000 00:00
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plegrand@home.com (Pierre Legrand) wrote: >He doesnt understand the issue cause he isnt a game player. How can he >understand it if he doesnt actually play games....? > >He makes the entire comparison based on screenshots...wha...??? Then >he adds insult to injury by using Low Res screenshots in Jpeg >format...WHA...??? By doing that I have my doubts that he was wise >enough to correctly capture the screenshots ....especially the Voodoo >5. > >FSAA is about curing graphic artifacts while the game is in >motion...thats what 3dfx is the absolute number one at...Nvidia is >second place a long way behind. I know this because I am a >gamer...hell my review took so long for a variety of reasons but one >of them was I kept wanting to play Grand Prix Legends. At x4 its no >contest and no matter what Anand says 4x is playable on a bunch of >games...using the 3dfx. Its exactly these kinds of half assed reviews >that burned me up enough to make me want to do my own. > >Go see my screenshots, download them in TGA format the way GOD >intended you to compare screenshots. Look at my review between the two >hottest video cards. And ATI...please...what a joke...they couldnt >build a good driver if GOD himself came down from the heavens. Anyone >dumb enough to own one deserves what they get...I know I owned a Rage >Fury. > > > >Pierre PAPA DOC Legrand >Voodoo 5 vs Geforce Shootout >http://www.papadoc.net/Voodoo_vs_Geforce2.htm >Flanker Target >Grand Prix Legends Crash Test Dummy >Aim-120 Propellent Addict >Infamous Pink Flamingo Pilot...<VBG> >Rants, Bullshit and Help Guides availible at >www.papadoc.net > > I'm a long time Voodoo fan. I fought the Nvidia cards all I could. The thing for me after glide faded away was speed in flight sims. I would rather have speed then candy in a flight sim. The Nvidia cards are just faster then Voodoo cards. Heck you can even run a flight sim in 32 bit and get good speed. I'm not going to support 3dfx out of nostalgia and sell myself short. Screenshots mean shit because that's not how you view a sim when you play it unless you're running a 386. What you can discern is speed or FPS. I laugh when reviews or people post screenshots. It's not a totally practical way to really gauge a videocard if you're playing sims or even first person shooters. If your dancing around like a fairy playing RPG then that's a different story. Why don't you argue about something worth arguing about.. ----------------------------------------------------------- Got questions? Get answers over the phone at Keen.com. Up to 100 minutes free! http://www.keen.com
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1117b2,7e06d3613a630f63 X-Google-Attributes: gid1117b2,public X-Google-Thread: 114911,7e06d3613a630f63 X-Google-Attributes: gid114911,public X-Google-Thread: feaeb,7e06d3613a630f63 X-Google-Attributes: gidfeaeb,public From: Lucky <luckydazeNOluSPAM@the-beach.net.invalid> Subject: Re: ANAND TECH FSAA comparison complete baloney... Date: 2000/07/31 Message-ID: <01284950.0d907bc4@usw-ex0105-034.remarq.com> X-Deja-AN: 653084305 References: <8jgoji$gbt$1@nntp9.atl.mindspring.net> <397fb923.110088646@news> <39823292.DE8AAE5E@greeneggs.ham> <39827637.40892310@news> Bytes: 2672 X-Originating-Host: 216.148.152.163 X-Complaints-To: wrenabuse@remarq.com X-Trace: WReNphoon3 965107921 10.0.2.34 (Mon, 31 Jul 2000 22:32:01 PDT) Organization: http://www.remarq.com: The World's Usenet/Discussions Start Here NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2000 22:32:01 PDT Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.flight-sim,3dfx.products.voodoo5,alt.comp.periphs.videocards.nvidia X-Wren-Trace: eHVQeHlgJ20mOXR+eyxwfX1jRWR4dHhhdXh5fjJvaSE6IWQiNWQ0IzclJCI1ZDAx